How do you do the Slipstream Battles on the Driving Missions?

Mission 23 (Skyline Slipstream) Guide

This works *and* you have room for error. I passed the lead car just out of the tunnel on the back stretch, won by nearly three seconds, and the lead car was just barely at the head of the pack by 0.250 seconds.

1) Draft down the first straight.

2) Smoothly pull to the inside and pass all cars. Keep on the accelerator until the pass is complete.

3) Move in front of the lead car (here come the secret).

4) **Let off the accelerator until your speed is 166 MPH, then hit the gas again. **

5) Drive as much out of rear-view as front view. Keep in position to allow the AI to draft.

6) When the lead car(s) come up behind you, move swiftly, but smoothly right outside the yellow line and let as many go by as are in the pack. You actually WANT them to get a bit ahead of, but only through their own momentum. Never Never Never slow down on a straight.

7) When it's safe to pick up the draft again, pull in behind and draft for as long as possible. For this second turn, I passed on the outside on all laps (except the last one where I was clear & I just hugged the bottom of the track).

8) Repeat 4-7. The only real 'trick' here is knowing the proper speed to drop to after the pass in a corner. I haven't experimented with this (I'm just happy I passed the thing), but I didn't just squeak out a victory, I kicked that Yellow POS to the CURB. **edit notes**

Err on the high side (167MPH) vs. The low side (165MPH). I just re-ran the mission and I blew one draft (dropped to 165 instead of 167/166) and got run up into a guardrail in one of the corners (no penalty).


Still won by 2+ seconds, passing the yellow car 1/4 way into the last turn. Bonus Tip: 1-2 cars in front of you, pass to the outside. 3+ cars, pass to the inside.

When I got chucked to the guardrail I was trying to go high around 3 cars and one just rode me all the way to the outer wall. As much as possible, follow the outside yellow line.

Only deviate to get out of the way of an oncoming car, to make a pass, or to cut inside on the final curve. Good luck ;o)

The answer is in your question. Think reeeeeeally hard. I know, I'll spell it out to you. S-L-I-P-S-T-R-E-A-M.